01-08-2014, 10:47 PM
Being a fan of both the original Star Trek and the new movies, I think I can help you out here Gripe.
In the original series Spock was completely Homo Novus. He was early Sheldon to a tee. They only ever gave him one fleeting pon farr (which is the closet Vulcans come to passion) but the rest of the time he was solitary and had no interest in relationships. This was most obvious when a certain nurse, Miss Chapel, fell in love with him and Spock didn't understand this and shied away from her affections. This caused Nurse Chapel constant heartache because he would never touch her, no matter how she tried. Notably, the Nurse Chapel costume was the one Amy donned in the episode where she played Star Trek with Sheldon. But as any good ST fan will knows, they never got together.
The writers had originally wanted to set Spock up with Uhura. Only William Shatner vettoed this. He wanted HIS character to have a relationship with Uhura so consequently the Vulcan/Human romance never happened in the original series. Then in the new movies it did! Spock and Uhura are having a committed relationship. And just for the record Spock is the Science Officer, he is all logic. Uhura is the Communications Officer and she's all heart. So yes, I can very much see Penny as the Communications Officer of BB!
In the original series Spock was completely Homo Novus. He was early Sheldon to a tee. They only ever gave him one fleeting pon farr (which is the closet Vulcans come to passion) but the rest of the time he was solitary and had no interest in relationships. This was most obvious when a certain nurse, Miss Chapel, fell in love with him and Spock didn't understand this and shied away from her affections. This caused Nurse Chapel constant heartache because he would never touch her, no matter how she tried. Notably, the Nurse Chapel costume was the one Amy donned in the episode where she played Star Trek with Sheldon. But as any good ST fan will knows, they never got together.
The writers had originally wanted to set Spock up with Uhura. Only William Shatner vettoed this. He wanted HIS character to have a relationship with Uhura so consequently the Vulcan/Human romance never happened in the original series. Then in the new movies it did! Spock and Uhura are having a committed relationship. And just for the record Spock is the Science Officer, he is all logic. Uhura is the Communications Officer and she's all heart. So yes, I can very much see Penny as the Communications Officer of BB!